Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1940 — Page 4

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Formal Opening of Concert Series Is; Tonight at’ Murat Theater

The Murat | Theater will be the Mecca of music lovers from throughout the state tonight as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra opens its concert season under the direction of Fabien Sevitzky. Coming from Muncie will be William H. Ball,

‘president of the Indiana State Symphony Society which

maintains the orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. Ball and Mrs.

Edmund B. Ball |are season boxholders for the concerts.

Mrs. E. P. Severns will entertain a group of friends in her box tonight. Included in her party will be Mesdames Lucius V. French, J: H. Trimble, Howard Maxwell, W. W. Carter, Frank C. Severns and Peter B. Trone. Mrs. French will have a dinner for the party before attending the concert. : Guests of Mr. [and Mrs. Theodore B. Griffith in their box will be Messrs. and| Mesdames Garvin M. Brown, Russell J. Ryan and William Sullivan. - Among the group occupying the box of Mr. will be Miss Lucy Taggart who is a member social chairman of the Indiana State Symphony Society’s women’s committee. Dr. and Mrs. G. H. A. Clowes will have a party with them in their box. | Mrs. Clowes is ways and means chariman of the women’s committee and Dr. Clowes is a board member of the State Symphony Society.

Mrs. William H. Gibbs Is Winner

Over 400 women attended the Victory Luncheon held by the women’s committee of the Indiana State Symphony Society yesterday in the Athenaeum preceding the afternoon concert, Mrs. Charles Latham presided in the absence of Mrs. Jack: Goodman, head of the season [subscription campaign committee. Miss Veneta Kunter, Greencastle, was presented a large silver platter by Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres for selling the largest number of season tickets in communities outside Indianapolis. Mrs. William Herbert Gibbs placed first in local sales. Other winners of ticket prizes who sold more than 10 season tickets are Mesdames Walter P. Morton, Victor Deitch, Robert M. Lingle, Miss Amelia Gayle and Miss Mildred Falender, Indianapolis; Mrs. William Spiegel, Shelbyville; Mrs. Robert H. Tinsley, Crawfordsville; Mrs. Daily A. Powell, Columbus, Ind.; Miss Helen Whitcomb, Shelbyville; Mrs. John Wharton, Marion, and Mrs. G. D. Thatcher, Kokomo. Dr. Clowes, Ferdinand Schaefer, orchestra conductor emeritus, and Bernard Batty, members of the society's board of directors, and Franklin Miner, the orchestra manager, were among guests at the speakers’ table, Among hostesses for parties attending the luncheon was Mrs. Eli Lilly who entertained Mesdames James Cunningham, Carlton Daniel, Robert Elliott, Sgdrge Cline, J. Jerome Littell and Clarence Merrell, Mrs, William Ray Adams had Mrs. Louis McClennen, Miss Jane Adams and Miss Anne Gavin Fox at her table. Mrs. William H. Ball represented her husband at the speakers’ table. At her own table were Mesdames C. L. Medsker Sr., C. L. Medsker Jr., Joe Meredith, D.- E. Shirk and Miss Ashton Miller. Mrs. John M. Cunningham’s guests were the Mesdames A. H. Steinbrecker, S. T. Nichols, Henry Itel, Charles Hedley, W. W. Hedley, W. W. Critchlow and Miss | Ada | Bicking.

Several Are Hostesses at Parties

Mrs. Thomas J. Scanlon and Mrs. Clifton Taylor were hostesses at a party including the Mesdames F. Neal Thurston, Edward Terry, C. N. Reifsteck, A. N. Curtiss, John M. Smith and Charles DeGraw. Among other Indianapolis women attending were the Mesdames Charles F. Efroymson Charles Greathouse, Walter Hiser, John W. Atherton, Lyman S. Ayres, Thaddeus R. Baker, Batty, Frank L. Binford, Garvin M. Brown, Thomas Harvey: Cox, Sylvester Johnson, F. W. Jungclaus, Burford Danner, Daniel W. Layman, J. K. Leasure, Marvin Lugar, H. Rogers Mallory, Norman A. Perry Jr, Robert B. Rhoads, Harley Rhodehamel, Paul J. Richardt, Curtis Shake, Rollin| W. Speigel, R. J. Spivey, Boyd W. Templeton, David P. Williams Jr., [John G. Williams, Herbert M. Woollen, C. E. Whitehill, Charles R. Weiss, L. R. Thomas and Edward Terry. Others included Mesdames M. E. Tennant, John S. Smith, Reider Skabo, Hans Skabo, [Stanley Shipnes, Robert E. Kirby, C. L. Kirk, A. L. Leatherman, (Irving. W. Lemaux, John Lucas, Charles C. Martin, Hattie Meiere, Grace Metcalf, Robert M. Moore, R. G. Morgan, J. A. Sheedy, O. F. Shattuck, Ralph D. Morris, Charles Ness, Floyd E. Norman, Tom Riddick Jr. and Robert R. Renick. Seen at luncheon tables were Mesdames Ernest Roose, W. J. , [J Argus, Sidney Aronson, L. g Eadollet, , Wi IR. Borinstein, Robert Borinstein, Isaac Born, Ekman Robert M. Churchman, Frank Cones, Joe Conover, “Charles B. Crist, Julius Dorfman, ‘Donald C. Drake, Harvey J. Elam, Anna S. Elliott, William T. Finney, Paul E. Fisher, Willian . Fleming, William L.| Fortune, Harold Gerhart, T. E. Foster, A. C. Gerrard, M. V. Kingdon, Ella Jarrett, Logan G. Hughes, Frank Hoke, Clarence Hinton, Herbert T. Grimes, Walter S. Grow, and C. Anes Hansel; Misses rir Argus, Helen Sheerin, Mary Zinn,

and Mrs. Sevitzky

ari Kingdon and Dorothy Helmer. gene Leasipo, Mat talk on|the program for the concert was given in the auditorium after luncheon by Mrs. Lenore Coffin. A tea and reception in the rat Temple Egyptian Room followed

the afternoon concert.

| - Miskmen-Beck Wedding Is This Afternoon : The wedding of Miss Ann Beck to Richard T. Miskimen will t 4:30 p. m. today at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and hed William H. Beck. r. Jean S. Milner will read the marriage Mss. resel re immediate families. huckleberry foliage placed before the [flanked by candelabra will form the nthemums. in bronze and yellow shades

A lattice entwined wit living room fireplace and setting for the rite. Chrys

| will complete the room’s di corations.

will be| unattended, will be given in marriage by gle bride, We en wear a blue costume suit with matching essories. | Bat nd he, Pil leave immediately after the ceremony for a elo trip and will be at home after Dec. 1 at 5713 Haverford Among out-of-town guests will be Mr. Miskimen’s grand-

mot A kimen, Hoopeston, Ill. The bridegroom het, Wye. opi illiam Miskimen of Spring Hollow road.

‘Rabbi Maurice Goldblatt will give|vited. the third in his series of book re-| Card Par ty Booked

‘yiews sponsored by the Te gerhood Tuesday morning o'clock at the Temple, Delaware Sts. | | ; Zinsser's new book, “As I'800 S. Keystone Ave.

of the board and -

Remember Him,” ‘will be analyzed by Rabbi Goldblatt. Mrs. Samuel Hahn of the Sisterhood will introduce the speaker, The public is in-

onsored by the Mothers’ Club of

le 8is-| 4 public euchre party will be 10:30| sp 0th andithe Boys’ Town Community Center

ns Committee of State Symphony Society

INDIANAPOLIS

Left to right, Mrs. J. M. High, Miss Arian Tudor and Mrs. Glen Hillis of Kokomo.

Gives Victory Luncheon a

Franklin Miner and

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Ferdinand Schaefer.

Mrs. Norman Perry Jr. (right) and her mother, Mrs. Walter O’Neall of Crawfordsville,

William F. Belcher Will Marry Frances Luichinger Tomorrow

In McKee Chapel Ceremony

The Rev. 3oseph Belcher, father of the bridegroom, assisted by Dr.

Roy Ewing Vale, will perform the

marriage service for Miss Frances

Clair Luichinger and Lieut. William F. Belcher, Quantico, Va., at 2:30 p. m, tomorrow in McKee Chapel of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church,

The chapel will be decorated with palms, ferns and seven-branch candelabra holding cathedral tapers. White satin ribbons will mark the aisle. Miss Donna Alles, organist, will play for the ceremony and the Zeta Tau Alpha quartet, Misses Mildred Haag, RoseHen Gray, Ruth Ann Lett and Maribelle Foster, will sing.

Miss Luichinger is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Luichinger, 5735 Broadway Terrace. The Rev. Mr. Belcher and Mrs. Belcher are of Indianapolis. The bride’s attendants will wear frocks of taffeta fashioned with shirred bodices and sleeves, Empire waistlines and full skirts. Mrs. Carl Schott, Cincinnati, matron of honor, will wear delphinium blue trimmed with brown velvet ribbon and will carry a muff of yellow chrysanthemums. * The bridesrhaids, Miss Frances Paul and Miss Janet Williams, sorority sisters of the bride, will be in candlelight taffeta trimmed in brown velvet. They will wear brown velvet turbans and will carry muffs of bronze chrysanthemums. All three will wear strands of pearls given them by the bride. The flower girl will be Barbara Ann Luichinger, a cousin of the bride. Her frock will be a floor length delphinium taffeta with candlelight bows on the skirt. She will have a bonnet of the same material and will carry a French basket of rose petals.

To Wear Heirloom Pearls

Mr. Luichinger will give his daughter in mariage. The bridal gown is of white lace made with a shirred baby bodice and leg-o’-mut-ton sleeves. The skirt forms a train. She will wear pearls belonging to her grandmother, Mrs. Ida True, Kokomo, and will carry a bouquet of white roses centered with an orchid. Lieut. Patrick Densman, Quantico, will be best man and ushers will be Lieut. Carl Schott, Cincinnati; Lieut. W. Soeurt, Lieut, F. F. Samper and Norman Inks. Mrs. Luichinger, mother. of the bride, will be gowned in grape-toned crepe and will wear a gardenia and sweetheart rose corsage. Mrs. Belcher will bear a Boy Blue printed crepe with gardenias and American Beauty roses. The couple will receive friends at the rear of the chapel after the ceremony and a small reception will be held at the home of .the bride’s

parents for the wedding party i

immediate families. Lieut. and Mrs. Belcher will fly to Washington following the reception. As her go-ing-away costume ‘he bride will wear a black French crepe frock trimmed with turquoise and gold beading. Her accessories will be of black velvet and she will wear an orchid corsage. ~ Miss Luichinger attended Los Angeles City College and was graduated from Butler University. She is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. The bridegroom is a graduate of Butler University, where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fra-

at 8 p. m. Nov. 22 at the center,

ternity. He is with the United Same Ink at Quantico.’

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Meridian Hills Dinner Tonight

The autumn theme will be used in decorations for the Meridian HillNCountry Club’s formal dinner bridge party tonight at the clubhouse. Mr, and Mrs. Q. G. Noblitt are chairmen, assisted by Messrs. and Mesdames Hulbert J. Smith, H. W. Rhodehamel and Frederick

Grumme. Mr. and Mrs. Noblitt will entertain Mrs. A, W. Early, Mrs. William Wright and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Baker. With Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Lindley will be Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Pray. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will entertain Mr. and Mrs. William F. Kegley and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Showalter. Guests of Lieut. Col. and Mrs. E. N. Slappey will be Mr. and Mrs. Anrdew Taylor. Others who have made reservations are Mr. and Mrs. Grumme and Mr. and Mis. George S. Olive. The club will obsetve Thanksgiving with a special dinner from noon to 7 p. m.

Theta Sigs Arrange Columbus Trip °

Members of the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary and professional journalism sorority, will go to Columbus, Ind., tomorrow to be

the guests of Mrs. Beulah Brown Fletcher.

Mrs. Fletcher is the daughter of the late Chaimers Brown, Columbus newspdperman. She was a former newspaperwoman in Cleveland and an associate member of Theta Sigma hi. The alumnae will be shown her glass collection. ¢ Members will meet before English’s Theater at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow. Among those who will make the trip are the Misses Martha Banta, Mildred Funk, Mary Glenn Hamilton, = Margaret Millikan, Jeanne Richardson, - Isabel Boyer and the Mesdames Luana Lee Cruzan, Hugh H. Hanna, John E. Kleinhenz, Floyd R. Mannon, Fred Scott, E. Gerald Woods, Grace Golden and daughter, Nancy, and Mrs. June-Moll Wilcox and daughter, Floy.

Mothers’ Club Sets Card Party Friday

The monthly meeting of the Holliday = Kindergarten Mothers’ Club will be held at 2 p. m. next Friday at the kindergarten club rooms, 1716 Union St. A “get acquainted” party will be held by parents of the kindergarten pupils at 7.45 p. m. the same day. Cards will be played. Members of the entertainment committee are Mesdames Burks May, Ray Boehn,

Children’s Play Cast Is Named

The Children’s Civic Theater's production activities for the opening play of its 14th season are the center of attention these days at the Civic Theater Playhouse. Mrs. James R. Miller is rehearsing “The Ghost of Mr. Penny” by Rosemary Gabbert Musil for presentation at 2:30 p. m. next Saturday and at 3 p. m. next Sunday at the Playhouse. The production will mark Mrs. Miller’s debut as a director for the

‘children’s group. She majored in {drama at Stephens College and

Ohio. Wesleyan University and later received her master’s degree in speech at the University of Michigan. She taught speech and drama at the Medina, O., high school before coming here for residence in August. In the cast of the play are Robert Harris, William Asher, Martha Willman, Betty June Barnhill, Bobby Green, Steve Bellinger and Paul Lennon. Judy Bright will act as student stage manager assisting Mrs. George Fotheringham, stage manager, Other production workers are Mrs. Charles L. Case, costumes; Mrs. James C. Skinner, hand properties chairman; Miss Constance Lewis, Miss Jane Snyder and Mrs. Herbert Schaible. Mrs. Hamlin Welling is scene properties chairman and her committee includes Miss Irene DeGraw, Mrs. Harvey E, Rogers Jr. and Mrs. Elizabeth Ross. Mrs. E. Hardey Adriance is set designer and her committee to execute the settings includes Mesdames J. I. Cummings, Edmund Brucker and Henrik Mayer. In addition to the two afternoon performances, a 10:30 a. m. show on Saturday will be given, by the theater for special groups and will not be open to the public. Memberships are available at the Civic Playhouse or siggle admissions may be purchased. The play is recommended for children of 8 to 16 years of age. It is a modern mystery play with comedy highlights.

Mary Conkle Circle To Meet Tuesday

The Thanksgiving meeting of the Mary Conkle Circle of the Third Christian Church will be held at 12:30 p. m. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Lemons, 3935 Central Ave. A dessert luncheon will be under the direction of Mesdames H. C. Briles, Carrie Clifford, A. D. Bowen, R. D. Barnes, J. C. Carrington, Victor Kelly and Hugh Thatcher Jr. Mrs. Edward Donaldson will preside at the business meeting and Mrs. J. B. Seitz is program chairman. “Are We Always Thankful?” will be the devotions topic of Mrs. Charles Fillmore. Mrs. Charles Mueller, head of the relief department of the Wheeler City Rescue Mission, will speak on “The Worth of a Soul,” and a group of vocal selections will be presented by Mrs. Leola Gaylor, Miss Julia Hiller and Miss Gertrude Wamsley.

Maturates Book Party

A party honoring members having November birthdays will be held by the Indianapolis School of Maturates at 2 p. m. Monday at the

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Wedding Attendants Are Named For Mayer-McDonald Nuptials; Cohn-Perkins Rite Announced

Announcements of marriages and wedding attendants share the spotlight with shower notes in today’s bridal news. Miss Betty McDonald, whose marriage to David Thompson will be Nov. 30 at 4:30 p. m. in the First Presbyterian Church, has announced

the wedding party. She is a niece

of Mr, and Mrs. Walter R. Mayer,

4134 N. Illinois St., and Mr. Thompson is the son of Mrs. R. W. Thomp-

son. Her maid of honor will be Miss Mary Lou Over and her junior bridesmaid will be her cousin, Miss Mary Margaret Mayer. The bfide-groom-to-be has chosen his brother, Philip Thompson, to be his best man and as ushers Donald McDonald, George J. Mayer II, Byron Beasley, William Hart, Charles Bailey and George Diener Jr. Among parties to be given for Miss McDonald during the coming week is a tea and personal shower given tomorrow from 3 to 6 p. m. by Mrs. Lyman Hunter and Mrs. Henry Moffett, at the home of Mrs. Hunter. Tomorrow evening Miss Nancy Socwell and Mrs. Jack Woerner will entertain for the betrothed couple. Mrs. Fred Palmer, North Crow’s Nest, will be hostess at a luncheon and bathroom shower for Miss McDonald Monday. She will be assisted by Mesdames Harold Honderick, Albert Davis and Herbert Redding. That evening Miss Mary Bell will give a linen shower and bridge party for the kride-to-be. A crystal shower and bridge party Tuesday evening with Mrs, Albert Pfeiffer, 5260 N. Pennsylvania St., and her daughter, Mrs. Robert Wacker, as hostesses, also will honor Miss McDonald. Wednesday Mrs. Harry Martin and Miss Barbara Martin will entertain for her at a dessert bridge and miscellaneous shower. " ” ”

Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Marshall, 3101 Sutherland Ave. announce the marriage of their daughter, Mrs. Margaret Marshall Stonehouse, to

John George Mancos of New Orleans. The marriage took place Thursday in New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Mancos will be at home there after Nov. 25. FJ # »

The marriage of Miss Harriette Perkins to Dr. Walter L. Cohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cohn, 3929 Graceland Ave, is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Perkins Sr., 5457 Julian Ave. The wedding took place yesterday in Philadelphia where the couple will live. Dr. Cohn is resident physiclan at the Temple University Hospital’ Department of Pediatrics. The bride attended Indiana and Butler Universities and is a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and the Sigma Tau Delta honorary journalistic fraternity. Dr. Cohn was graduated from Indiana University and is a member of Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity. -

Miss Margaret Johnson will be honor guest at a linen shower given tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Arvine Shinait, 3718 N. Chester St. Assisting hostesses will be Miss Mary Ingram, Miss Katherine Oates and Mrs. Frank Dillon. Miss Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Otto Johnson, 653 W. 44th St., will be married to Robert Smay, son of Mrs. Helen Thomas, 3804 N. Illinois St., in a ceremony Wednes-

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day evening. . Attendants at the) charge of

wedding will be Mrs. Shinalt and Russell Sanders Jr. Guests at the party tomorrow will be Mesdames Norman Newburg, Kenneth Simms, William Schneider. B. C. Thomas, Joseph Ake, Wayne O’Hara, R. H. Chapman, Johnson, Paul Walker, G. O. Burton and Misses Vivian Johnson, Alice Willard, Martha Kressler and Margery Kinder. "2 ” ” Mrs. Dongld Brooks entertained recently at her home 1141 E. Market St., with a miscellaneous shower for Miss Esther Rude who is to be married to Robert Koepper at 7:30 p. m. today in the Central Christian Church. Forty-five guests attended the party. The hostess was assisted by Miss Dorothy McClintic and Mrs. Claude Runyan.

Students Aided By Altrusa Club

Vocational guidance work carried on by the Altrusa Club will receive the proceeds from the club’s annual benefit card party to be held Monday night in the Marott Hotel. The club extends financial aid to high school and college students and each symmer sends honor stiudents from Indianapolis high schools to Camp Minnewanca, Shelby, Mich., for leadership training. Mrs. Richard C. Fields, chairman of the ways and means committee, will be assisted with party arrangements by Mesdames Minnie Foley, Anna Hammerbeck, Georgiana Webber, Elizabeth Prescott, Lucetta Schwomeyer and Bertha Metzger Wheeler and the Misses Lois An-

Couple to Live In Greencastle

A reception at the Propylaeum will follow the wedding of - Miss Mary Alice Belton and Robert Francis Pfendler at 8:30 P. m. toe night in the First Presbyterian church. | The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey R. Belton, Mathew Road, and Mr. Pfendler is the son of Mrs. Calvin Perdue, Acton. Dr. George Arthur Frantz is to read the marriage service and Mrs William H. Newcomer, organist, will play the wedding music. Before the ceremony she will play “Oh, Promise Me,” “I Love You Truly" and ‘Traumerei,” and during the cere mony she will play “Because.” Palms, ferns and sheaves of large yellow chrysanthemums will decorate the altar and the family pews will be marked with white satin bows. Mr. Belton will give his daughter in marriage. Her gown of ivory Chantilly lace is styled with longy tight sleeves puffed at the shoulders, a heart-shaped neckline and a skirt which sweeps into a long, wide train. Her two-tiered veil of ivory illusion will be caught with a coronet of illusion and seed pearls and she will carry a bouquet of ivory chrysanthemums and gare denias. Her attendants will wear velve teen frocks in jewel tones of emere ald and amber, made with square necklines anc short puffed sleeves edged in tiny scallops. They will wear halos of velveteen matching their dresses and will carry pompon Chrysanthemums in gold and bronze shades.

Sister to Be Attendant

Miss Patricia Belton, sister of the bride, will be maid of honor and (bridesmaids will be Miss Dorothy Dalton, Cincinnati, and Miss Lucy Ann Clapper, St. Louis. Thomas S. Pfendler, Acton, will be his brother's best man. Ushers will be John Goldsmith, . Acton; James Douglas, Flat Rock; David C. Pfendler, Lafayette, another brother of the bridegroom, and Thomas N. Belton, Greenwood, a cousin of the bride. A gown of coral-tint crepe will be

derson, Mary Perrott, Mary Dick- worn by Mrs. Belton, mother of the

son, Cleo Kinnaman, Mary Ramsey, Lulie Gibbens, Nan Bryan, Ruth Schooler and Merle Harvey.

Church Auxiliary’s Luncheon Is Monday

Past presidents of the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Paul's Episcopal Church will be honored at a lucheon at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Shook, 3674 Watson Road, Monday. They are Mesdames Charles F. Cleveland, Helen Bennett and Howard T. Griffith. : Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Holt will assist the hostess... Mrs. E. May Hahn will preside and the Rev. F. H. Tetu will speak. Officers will be elected.

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Dance Is Tonight

The Holy Name Society of St. Roch’s Catholic Church will give a dance tonight from 9 to 12 o'clock in the St. Roch’s Hall, 3600 S. Meridian St. John Niehaus

arrangements.

is in [called by

|bride. Her corsage will be of Talis

man roses and gardenias. Mrs. Pere due has chosen a soldier blue dress with which she will wear orchids. The couple will be at home in Greencastle after Dec. 1 upon their return from a short wedding trip, The bride will travel in a sable brown costume suit trimmed with mink-dyed squirrel, a mink hat, brown accessories and a gardenia corsage. Mr. Pfendler is a graduate of Purdue University. |

To Be Discussed

Miss Jeanette Riker will speak on “Special Education in the Publis Schools” at a public meeting of the Juvenile Detention Home Auxiliary at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Banner-Whitehill auditorium, Mrs. John E. Geckler, - program chairman of the auxiliary, has arranged the program. A board meeting preceding the talk has beer

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